Queensland Scorchers

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Queensland Scorchers
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League Australian Hockey League
Founded1993 (1993)
Home arena Queensland State Hockey Centre
ColoursMaroon, Yellow
Head coachLee Bodimeade

The OAMPS Queensland Scorchers are an Australian women's field hockey team based in Queensland that play in the Australian Hockey League. In the 2014 season, they were the runners-up to the NSW Arrows. [1] [2] They also won the 2013 Australian Hockey League Premiership, [3] as well as the 2015 AHL Premiership. [4] [5] In 2016 they made it back-to-back premierships, beating Victoria in the final. When they again met Victoria in the 2017 final, the two teams were level at full time. The match then went to shoot outs, with Victoria coming away with the championship.

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Queensland Scorchers warming up before the 2015 AHL Final against the Victorian Vipers, 2 October 2015. ScorchersPlayers2.jpg
Queensland Scorchers warming up before the 2015 AHL Final against the Victorian Vipers, 2 October 2015.

Current roster

The following is the Queensland Scorchers team roster [6] for the 2017 AHL:

Head coach: Lee Bodimeade

  1. Savannah Fitzpatrick
  2. Madison Fitzpatrick
  3. Ashlea Fey
  4. Ambrosia Malone
  5. Kirstin Dwyer
  6. Jordyn Holzberger
  7. Madeline James
  8. Tegan Richards
  9. Stephanie Kershaw
  10. Rebecca Greiner
  11. Morgan Gallagher
  12. Hannah Astbury (GK)
  13. Clare Comerford (GK)
  14. Jamie Stone
  15. Britt Noffke
  16. Kazzia Lammon
  17. Britt Wilkinson
  18. Renee Taylor

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References

  1. ↑ "Coast duo selected for Queensland". The Courier Mail. 17 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Raining goals on day two". 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Queensland Scorchers squeeze AHL Final win". 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "Hockey Australia: Altiusrt".
  5. ↑ "Scorchers take title in Sydney". The Courier Mail. 5 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Queensland". hockeyaustralia.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.

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  1. ↑ "Queensland Academy of Sport | Sport".
  2. ↑ "Hockey Australia: Altiusrt".
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